Afriat, Alexander and Caccese, Ermenegildo (2009) The relativity of inertia and reality of nothing. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We first see that the inertia of Newtonian mechanics is absolute and troublesome. General relativity can be viewed as Einstein’s attempt to remedy, by making inertia relative, to matter — perhaps imperfectly though, as at least a couple of freedom degrees separate inertia from matter in his theory. We consider ways the relationist (for whom it is of course unwelcome) can try to overcome such undetermination, dismissing it as physically meaningless, especially by insisting on the right transformation properties.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Afriat, Alexander Caccese, Ermenegildo
Keywords:	inertia, Mach’s principle, general relativity, gravitational waves, energy conservation, Einstein
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Alexander Afriat
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2009
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2013 08:26
Item ID:	4450
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	February 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4450

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